Kitchen Lead

Bareburger; Darien (CT); On-site; USD 46,414,000 - 62,609,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transit Discount Program

Paid Time Off

Corporate Discount Programs

Direct Deposit

Digital Training Program

Job summary

Bareburger is hiring a Kitchen Lead to help manage the Back of House team in our NY location. The ideal candidate blends culinary and leadership skills, contributes to prep, service line work, and expediting, and assists in hiring and staff training.

Responsibilities include ordering supplies, onboarding staff, inventory management, staff scheduling, and coordinating with kitchen cooks for multi-platform orders. A hands-on manager who drives quality and efficiency is needed.

Qualifications

• Certified in Food Protection (FPP or equivalent)
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience creating production par levels
• Purchasing of all necessary items and supplies
• Managing all purchases to budget
• Managing labor cost to budget
• Capable of conducting and assessing restaurant inventory
• Willing to work a flexible schedule
• Experience with delegating tasks and maintaining speed of service

Responsibilities

• Order supplies and ingredients based on demand
• Hire, onboard and train kitchen staff by station
• Maintain inventory levels and conduct weekly counts
• Create schedules to cover demand
• Schedule and oversee maintenance on kitchen appliances
• Manage back office functions and systems
• Prepare ingredients for menu items
• Coordinate with cooks to prepare meals for 3rd party platforms
• Maintain food inventories and proper storage
• Rotate stock and restock for shifts
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitation of kitchen areas
• Communicate with property managers
• Maintain menu adherence and high food quality
• Respond to guest questions and complaints
• Achieve targets for sales, COGS, labor and costs
• Minimize employee turnover

Skills

Food safety

Pressure handling

Communication

Production par levels

Purchasing

Budget management

Labor cost control

Inventory management

Flexible schedule

Delegation

Job description

KITCHEN LEAD POSITION

• Location: NY - New York
• Job Type: Full Time
• Rate: Starting at $19/hr [Based on Experience]

Now Hiring for Kitchen Lead

Restaurant Kitchen Lead to assist in managing the Back of House Team. The successful individual will have culinary and management experience. A creative, motivating professional who doesn’t mind contributing to prep work, service line work, expediting and is comfortable delegating. The person will assist in hiring and training the staff.

Kitchen Lead Responsibilities

• Order supplies, food and ingredients based on rapidly shifting demand
• Hire, on-board and train kitchen staff in specific stations, and cross-train as necessary
• Maintain acceptable inventory levels and conduct full weekly inventory
• Create schedules for kitchen staff to ensure there are always enough workers to meet the demand
• Schedule and oversee necessary maintenance and repairs on kitchen appliances and space
• Learn and manager all back office functions and systems
• Measure and assemble ingredients for menu items
• Collaborate with the kitchen cooks to prepare meals that are received thru multiple 3rd party platforms
• Maintain accurate food inventories
• Properly store food items at appropriate temperatures
• Rotate stock items as per established procedures
• See that kitchen is restocked for subsequent shifts
• Ensure that the food prep area and kitchen are cleaned and sanitized throughout and at the end of shifts
• Maintain open and professional communications with the in-house property managers
• Endure the highest level of menu adherence and highest level of food quality
• Ability to respond personally to guest questions and complaints
• Achieve desired Sales, COGS, Labor, Direct Costs as per Company set targets
• Minimize employee turnover

Skills & Job Qualifications

• Valid Certification in Food Protection in
• Ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience in Creating Production Par Levels
• Purchasing of all necessary items and supplies
• Managing All Purchases to Budget
• Managing Labor Cost to Budget
• Capable of conducting and assessing restaurant inventory
• Willing to work a flexible schedule
• Experience with delegating tasks and maintaining fast speed of service

Benefits

We provide a competitive wage and package for our Team Members.

Benefits included:

• Transit Discount Program
• Paid Time Off
• Corporate Discount Programs
• Direct Deposit
• Digital Training Program

About Us

The Bareburger Mission is our North Star: our guiding light. That which helps guide us in a direction towards being extraordinary. In 2009 we had a very simple vision: let’s create the tastiest burger using local, organic, all natural & sustainable ingredients whenever possible. With that in mind, we opened a small restaurant in our hometown of Queens, NYC. We made a promise to offer our guests quality service that made them feel at home. Years later, we’re honored to serve clean food to our communities around the globe.

Our greatest strength has always been creating a menu with choices that feel good for everyone. Thank you to all the partners, farmers, producers and distributors that we proudly call friends & family. We source mindfully, with our farmers, our environment and our guests in mind at all times. We will always look to the future of food and plant-based proteins which are undoubtedly at the forefront of sustainability. Our menu has plenty of plant-based options and is more delicious than ever. What we eat is who we are, and at Bareburger, we celebrate everyone.

Bareburger is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Bareburger is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all of our employment programs and decisions. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Bareburger will be based on merit, qualifications, abilities and business needs and considerations. Discrimination in employment on the basis of any classification protected under federal, state or local law is a violation of our policy and is illegal. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender/sex, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, veteran/military status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected applicable federal, state or local law.